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LE FREAK

As recorded by Chic
(From the 1978 Album C'EST CHIC)

Words and Music by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nile Rodgers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Nile Rodgers - Electric Guitar'


 Chorus
  Q=124
  N.C.            Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  Chord diagramE MajorE e     e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|-------------||----5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------||o---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|
|-----------5-||--5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|
|-----------5-||--7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|
|-------------||o-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------||------------------------|---------------------|
                         1.                      2.
  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e     e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|---5-5-----------------|----------------------||---------------------||
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----o||-----7---7-5-x-x-5---||
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5--||-7-x-7---7-5-x-x-5---||
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5--||-7-x---------------7-||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||---------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||---------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
    e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e
||----5-5-----------------|---------------------|---5-5-----------------|
||o---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5-------|
||--5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5---|
||--7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|---------------------|---5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|
|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|
|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|


  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e
|---5-5-----------------|---------------------|---5-5------------------|
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5--------|
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5----|
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|


  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|---------------------|---5-5-----------------|-------------7-----8-|
|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-5-----5-|
|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-5-----5-|
|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                     W                       e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-7-x---------------5-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|


  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|---5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


                                       To Coda
  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|---5-5-----------------|-----------------------||
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-------||
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5---||
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5---||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||


 Chorus
  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e
|---5-5-----------------|---------------------|---5-5------------------|
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5--------|
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5----|
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|


                                           Interlude
  1.                     2.
  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramA minorAm
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e     e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e H       S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|----------------------||-----------5----||---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-----7---7-5-x-5-----o||-----7---7-5----||---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5--||-7-x-7---7-5----||-----------------------|
|-7-x---------------5--||-7-x------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------o||----------------||-----------------------|
|----------------------||----------------||-----------------------|


                      Chord diagramD MajorD                                               Chord diagramA minorAm
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|-----------------------|---------------------5-|
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|
|---------------------7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                              Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|-----------------------|
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                      Chord diagramA minorAm                                              Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---------------------5-|---x-8-5-x-x-8-8-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|---x-8-5-x-x-8-8-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-7-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|-----------------------|---------------------7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                              Chord diagramAm7Am7
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S  e  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  e  e  Chord diagramE MajorE S  S
|-----------------------|---------------------5-|---x-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-x-12-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|---x-10-10-x-x-10-10-10-x-10-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|---x-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-x-12-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|


                           Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S  e  Chord diagramE MajorE S S  e  e  Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|---x-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-x---|-----------------------|---------------7-7----|
|---x-10-10-x-x-10-10-10-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-5-5----|
|---x-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7--------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|


  Chord diagramA minorAm                                          Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-8-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|-----------------------|
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-8-x-5-|---x-5-8-x-x-8-8-5-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                      Chord diagramA minorAm                                              Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---------------------5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-7-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|-----------------------|---------------------7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                              Chord diagramA minorAm
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|-----------------------|---------------------5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-8-5-x-5-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-8-5-x-5-|
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                      Chord diagramD MajorD                                               Chord diagramA minorAm
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|-----------------------|---------------------5-|
|---x-5-8-x-x-8-8-5-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-5-|
|---------------------7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                              Chord diagramD MajorD
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x---|
|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-5-|---x-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-x-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                          D.S. al Coda
                                    Chord diagramC majorC
  S S e Chord diagramE MajorE S S e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S   H    Q  Chord diagramE MajorE e
|-----------------------|----------------||
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|----------------||
|---x-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-x-7-|-----------5----||
|-----------------------|-----------5----||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------||


   Outro
    &
    Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
    e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e
||----5-5-----------------|---------------------|---5-5-----------------|
||o---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5-------|
||--5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5---|
||--7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|
||o-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|


  Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e
|---------------------|---5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-x-5-----|
|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-x-5---5-|
|-7-x---------------5-|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x---------------5-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|


  Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC majorC CmajCsus2/D
  e S S Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S e e e   e S S Chord diagramE MajorE e e Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE  3x
|---5-5-----------------|-------------7---8----||
|---5-5-------5-5-------|-----7---7-5-5---8---o||
|-5-----------5-5---5---|-7-x-7---7-5-5---7----||
|-7-------5h7-----7-5-7-|-7-x------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; Chord diagramE MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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